About this object
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ID:
FLR00[1197]<36>
Production date:
Middle Saxon; late 7th century
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Location:
In Store
Floral Street, Covent Garden, is in the heart of Lundenwic, the early Saxon town of London. In August 2000, archaeologists from AOC Archaeology Group excavating there uncovered a number of graves. One grave contained the skeleton of a woman with this ornate brooch, made of copper decorated with gold plates and gold wire and set with a mosaic of polished garnets. The brooch was probably inside a bag around her neck, which also contained silver rings and glass beads. Fewer than 20 brooches of this type have ever been found. They were fashionable among aristocratic Anglo-Saxon ladies, particularly in Kent, in the 600s, suggesting that the woman in the grave was of noble, possibly even royal, birth.
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Measurements
DM 70 mm; D 20 mm (overall), DM 68 mm; W 22 mm (overall)
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Materials
copper; gold; garnet; beeswax; unknown
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Last Updated
2024-04-03
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